davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-03
GRAND MEADOW.

Corn and late fax need rain.
Brayward Weston's mother is visiting
here.
Miss WEIGH of Dexter was IN town last
week.
MISS Addie johnson spent Sunday at
Dexter.
Mrs. A. Hunt of Dexter is visiting here
this week.
Harley Coleman intends t o commence
threshing Wednesday.
Alvah Hunt and wife leave soon for
Leonard. their future home.
sociable at the Congregational church
Wednesday evening, Aug. 8.
Martin and Levi Hunt, and Theodore
Loe went to Dakota to buy grain.
Mrs. Wagner of Rochester left Friday
for home. Mrs. Nolan went with her.
Miss Mabel Cowell is canvassing for
]. B. Coughs Platform Echoes at Spring
Valley.
Bessie Criswell's sister, and young
lady friend, from Fountain. spent Sun.
day here.
The ladies have formed two base ball
clubs. They played Saturday, ON oppo-
site sides of the town.
Martin Finhart died of consumption
at his fathers home Tuesday evening
Funeral was held at Bear Greek Thursday
Monday morning. Mr.. Stout 8 team ran
away with the harvester, breaking 1t into
splinters. When they started, Mrs. Stout
was standing at the corner of the house,
and was struck by the machine. She re-.
ceived two large gashes just below the
hip, and also bruised her arm very badly.
The driver was thrown of and the ma
chine was overturned He received no
serious injuries. This Is the third time
the team has run away this harvest.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-03
4Otdl. .....'' ......'.....
And all masonry at SIC. rs per yard.


And all masonry at SO. rs per yard.
BID OF d. J. TUBES ON FOUNDATIONS.
All stone work including material and labor,
said bridge for $500.
an Turtle Creek Bridge for $40 per yard, or
the job for $4,000.
All stone work including material and
labor on Rose Creek bridge tor $40 per yard.
Board met pursuant to adjournment. Mem
Moved and seconded that the BRIDGES all be
On motion the bid Of II. E. Horton. Tor
ty!e bridge, was accepted, he being lowest
0' on motion: bid Of H. E. Horton for Turtle
sweet, J: Beach, Il. J: lockwood. ar: +: Christ:
Moved by = Christian. and seeded by J
bridge on town line between Marshall and
Dexter be &c. accepted Aye: ana nayes being
Beach. F Christ9au, e g Dorr Nayes Wv
Sweet and Lockwood. The motion IL de.
On motion the County Auditor was ordered
to draw bis warrant In the sum of one hum
dred dollars In favor OF the town of Racine
for repairing Hamilton bridge on county line
Notice was given that bridge on section 36
in town of Lansing was unsafe and notice was
referred to bridge committee r
ing them to Icy out new road four rods wide
between the following points, to.wit: Com.
mencinE ct the south east corner Of sec ip
town of.A Ads,s i1 sstd Mower county thence
and "a town of Adams to the town line
thence continuing north between sections 81
and 81 in town Of Marshall to the north east
shall which said north east corner nf aac ri II
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-03

On motion W W Sweet aud H Lockwood
were appointed committee to settle with
CountyTreasurer
on motion the following bill was allowed:
F Fairbanks. coal for JAIL. 90 85
On motion board adjourned to O'Clock m
- July 20. 1887, 8 O'Clock m
Board met pursuant to Adjournment. Mem
On motion board visited Poor Farm. $40 p
NJ board returned from Poor Farm Members
all present ,~s. ~, .... u.
Committee appointed to confer with. attor-
neys of L BOlsdOrf In regard to taxes extend.
cd on bis lands in Town Of Lansing for years
Mr. B0lsdorf Offers to pay 4450. 90 IN full for
said taxes, penalties and costs, and they here.
by recommend that this OFFER be accepted.
On motion the following resolution was
adopted: t..-.
Resolved, That the County Attorney be and he ID
hersby instructed to accept the sum ct 340OOO from
L Boradorf In full rettlement for taxes due on the
PA hWM ssd sM ~ NWh sec and sEA Na s sc
both years inclusive, and discontinue all proceedings
now pending in District Court between Mower conn
ty and raid Bosdorf for collection Of taxes on sad
land for years named. Carried, ayes 8
On motion following bills were allowed:
o Clark Go, goods poorffarm 462. IS, a.
lowed ct US a. being amount Of bill !: z
less - 10 for barbed wire CHARGED TO 81. i
the wrong party ....J:-s
w slooum. coal for Poor Farm 11e.6t, ii
Q ! Fenten, livery to Poor Farm for Cowmers 90
Smith, constable feas. y
on motion bridge committee were empow.
cred to cause old bridges TO be taken down IN
places where new bridges contracted for are
70 be erected. S$fs 35#5 55s5$ III vi.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-03
PROCEEDINGS OF BOARD OF COUN-
rY COMMISSIONERS.

AUDITORS OFFICE, MOWER COUNTY,
AusTlN, MIMI, July rs, 1887,
Board of County Commissioners OF Mower
county met In regular session at O'Clock p
M, per statute provided.
Members present, e. @. Dorr, Fred Christ
eau, H. ]. Lockwood. w. w. Sweet and John
Beach.
On motion petition Of Anthony LOTUS, to
have the NWA NE334, sec. 4, township 10l.
range IL, detached from school district No.
50, and have the same attached to and made q
part OF school district No. "a, was this day
granted.
On motion petition Of Joseph Pinkava to
have the ny NWal section %, township 10S,
ranee ", detached from school district No.
II, and have the same attached to and made q
Fart of school district No. 6, was this day
granted.
On motion petition of c. A. Newman, to
have the NWs< section 81. township 102, range
II, set OF from school district No. l04 and
havethe same attached to and made part Of
school district No. IS. was this dag granted.
Petition of Sam johnson, to have the Eh
NEk section q, town 10l range IA, set of
from school district No. s, and have the same
attached to and made q part of school dis
trict No. -, was this day, on motion granted.
On motion petition Of ]. e. Joslyn, to be ap-
pointed an Auctioneer for Mower county,
was granted.
Onmetion the following bills were allowed:
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-03

B Vote on report as am ended: 5Ayes, +. Christ
gau, J. Beach, E. @. Dorr. Nays, w. ". Sweet,
ii. ]. Lockwood. tn S# ~ III. FIJI
/ The report, as amended. was de clared ac-
cepted. ,.. 10y /. =. "A 5...5"s =. 81
Moved by ]. Beach, and seconded by f..
!Christgau that lyle Bridge be $50 feet long
from end pin to end pin, or 1S2 feet entire
length. Carried. Ayes 8. E.....r.. ~
Moved and seconded that Turtle Creek
Bridge, west of City Of Austin, be 50 feet
long from end pin to end pin, or 81 feet entire
length. Carried. Ayes 8. III. @@' a.
Moved and seconded that the Rose Creek
Bridge on town line between Marshall and
Dexter be 90 feet long from end pin to end
pin, or 6s feet the entire length. Carried.
Ayes3.
Moved and seconded that all above named
bridges be 10 feet wide, roadway in the clear.
Carried.
Moved and seconded that capacity of Lyle
bridge be 1850 pounds strain to lineal foot.
Carried.
Moved and seconded that capacity of Turtle
bridge be loo pounds strain to hneal foot.
Carried.
Moved and seconded that capacity of Bridge
on town line between Marshall aud Dexter on
Rose Greek be 1900 pounds strain to lineal
foot. Carried.
Moved and seconded that door load OF ali
above bridges be fixed at 100 pounds to square
foot. Carried.
Moved and seconded that bids be received
on above named bridges up to 10 O'Clock a. m.
July 81, 1887, and that they then be opened and
the Board reserve the right to reject any
or all bids. Carried.
On motion Beard adjourned to 1880 p. m,
7:30 O'Clock p. M, July %. 1887.
Board met pursuant to adjournment. Mem
bers all present.
On motion. the following bills were al
lowed:
c D Bclden, express and. postage. =. .... SIT 80
Pooler i Webber. goods poor farm and
court mousse. ......... ..................51 81
Lars Nicholaisen, washing for jail... IS
Dennison Brown, deed record for
Register of Deeds. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. l6 90
Mary Olson, care sick Pauper $4 all d at SO 90
VanWort, work on brikRe... ......-.. 800
Alex Requa, rubber stamps and postage II g
Wtdman & Sanford, deed record. ........ l6 90
Barnard Il Co. rubber stamps....... 5 30
A Hunkins, printing and stationery. Is
Eugene Wood, listing mortgages and
recording ...:.......:.......... ........ 50 IS
J Selner, goods poor farm and Jail. ...... 8 81
Ayhre & Lund, goods pauper. 49,. II OF
A o Myhre, do ....-.... -. 5 O6
On motion, Board adjourned to O'Clock
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-03

8 On nation following bills wore allowed:
The9dore Ghristianson, three months work On
FPMeBrde' Goods Poor Far,, ~ sS
Olson, taking care sick girl on Poor Farm. :. 8 90
= 9 Willard goods Poor Farm. ~. 49,. ~. 8 SO
Geo Ross, paperng at Poor Farm. ......... 4 90
County Treasurer made the following report:
To the Honorable Board Of County Commissioners Of
Mower County. Minnesota: T. .4. ! ::
yerr Committee sppois.ed to settle with the
tnat we have examined the books and vouchers in
Treasurer's and Auditors ofnces and counted the
funds on hand and find that the Treasurer had cash
on hand ct close Of business July 20, 1887, the sum
W W SWEET,
H J LOCKWOOD,
Committee.
On motion following bills were allowed:
H J Lockwood, money paid for bridge work. Is 90
4 : lockwood. bridge committee. 10 go
On motion board adjourned to I o'clock m
July 80. 1887, 7 o'clock m
board met pursuant to adjournment. Men,
q, on motion the following bills were allowed Z;
y % n Beach, commissioners fees ...$ q GO
Fred Christgau, /" il" ........ ~ 90
Lockwood, s. " -. go. 10 80
q VOID, goods psupers.. ;..;:........... O.!
10 call a special meeting OF the board COM
mencing September Is, 1887.
On motion consideration Of application Of
1Marshall for license to sell liquor in Wal
than was laid over to September Is, 1887
- on n motion application Of City Of Austin to
pc allowed to fit up room under Auditors Of.
nee ana vault adjoining same, similar to finish
IN library room placing an iron door at vault
entrance and to use same for city purposes
for term Of not less than five years, was this
day granted.
On motion W w Sweet and H Lockwood
were appointed committee on court house
improvements.
On motion following bill was allowed:
H Lockwood, commissioners fees. .. $37 80
Application Of A d Moore to be appointed
an auctioneer for Mower county was this day
granted.
On motion following bill was allowed:
N X Noble, justice fees...... ...... -. So SC
On motion the foregoing minutes we're read
and approved.
On motion board adjourned sine die.
e. G. DORR,
Chairman County Commissioners.
Attest:
G. H. WILBOUR, County Auditor.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-03

On motion bill of H Ludlow was rejected.
On motion board adjourned to o'clock m
July 70.
July 70, 1887. 8 O'Clock m
Board met pursuant to adjournment. Mem
bers all present.
on motion the following resolutions we're
Resolued. That the County Auditor be and
he is hereby ordered to take up Auditors
Warrants Nos. 10o1-l672 and 1878 held by San.
since same became due, and to issue to him
new warrants In place Of old ones due one
year from date thereof without interest. also
an order for one years interest on new war
rants payable one year from date thereof. at
On motion the hearing on petition Of G H
Hadeland for change in school districts No IS
On motion bearing on petition of NJ Triggs
for change in school districts No. 81 and 80 was
laid over to Sept Is, 1887.
The County Auditor was on motion ordered
to extend oae mill local school tax on the tar
lists of Mower county for the year 1887.
The following is an estimate of county ex-
penses for the year 1887 made by the county
| MI ~
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-03

M, july "a, 1887.
8o'clock a. m. July 20, 1887.
Board met pursuant to adjournment. Men,
beers all present.
On motion Board adjourned to visit the Car
ter bridge in town of Austin.
10:45 q. m.
Board returned from bridge and proceeded
to buainess. Members all present.
A petition signed by q majority of the free
holders and legal voters In the territory to be
affected by the proposed change, was present.
ed to the board, asking that new school dis
trict be formed of the following described
lands, to-wit: SEX sec. 49, all of sec. 10, che
WI and NE4 sec. 20. the NWN of sec. % and
the NJ of,sec. 30, all in township 104 range Is
in Mower county, also the following lands in
Freeborn county, to-wit: The SWA sec. 13,
the EA SEX see "A, the NEN NWA and NEA
and NJ SEA sec. q, all Of sec. "a and NEA
sec Is, all in township 104 range 10; and .oE
motion the 18th day of September 1857 was set
as day of hearing.
Petition of nine legal voters residing in
shool districts No. 6S and 1ol, asking to have
the M NWh sec 10 township l08 range II de-
tached from school district No 68 and have the
same attached to and made part of school
district 10l was presented to the board and on
motion the 18th day of September 1887 was set
as day of hearing
On motion Board adjourned to LOOP. m.
1:30 p. m. July 20, 1887.
Board met pursuant to adjournment. Mem.
ers all present.
petition aligned by majority of the legal
voters and fresholders residing in the terri
tory to be affected Was presented to the Board
asking that q new school district be formed
of the following described lands. to-v1t:
81 sec. Z, and all of secs. II. la, 10 and 20, in
township 102, range IA, and on motion the 18th
day Of September, 1857, was set as q day OF
hearing.
On motion, County Auditor was ordered to
draw his warrant IN favor Of A. e. Foster TO,
$1.45 for taxes paid through error.
N. Kingsley and D. B. Johnson appeared
before the Board in behalf Of L. Bolsdorh
asking q settlement of tax matters; Bois
dorm Offering to pay amount Of original taxes
without penalty and interest on his property
in township of Lansing. on which taxes were
refunded by order of district court to Thomas
Gibson.
The Bridge Committee made the following
report:
We, the Committee on Bridges. Recommend
that We build bridge ct or near Lyle across
the Cedar, also receive bids on the Turtle
Greek Bridge west CT the City of Austin. to b,
accepted or rejected by the full Board O
Commissioners.
w. W. SWEET.
H.J. LOCKWOOD,
J.. BRACH, ..,
sg Bridge Committee
Notion made by +. Christgau, and seconded
by J. Beach, that the above report be amend
cd BY adding. "Also bridge on Rose Creel
on town line between Marshall and Dexter
Vote on amendment: Ayes, r. Christgau
]. Beach, =. G. Dorr. Nays. W. ". Sweet, H
j. Lockwood. as5@ss* ": - & n.
Moved BY r. Chrfstgau and seconded b,
]. Beach, that report, as amended, be &C
ceDted. .#.. :*1z@
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-03

ATTEST:
CH W1LBOUR, County Auditor.
On motion, Resolved that the sum Of &c.
COO 90 be and the same is hereby levied upon
the taxable valuation of the county of Mower
for the year 1857 for county expenses and the
County Auditor is hereby ordered to extend
the above amount on the tax lists Of the coun-
ty for the year 1887 Carried. Ayes6.
On motion the following bills were allowed:
A MO)lioOn ehoriff fooa An
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-03

The above Is an estimated statement Of the
county expenses for the year 1887 made by US
this 2Sth day of July, 1887.
(EC DORR,
sioners Of J BEACH,
Mower county. H LOCKWOOD,
FIRED CHRIsTGAU.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-03

P C Sullivan, work jail. ............. >. IL SO
D Sheedy. juetfce fees. .:...:.:.-... 81 80
On motion board adjourned to 80 p m.
July %, 1887, l :3O m.
Board met pursuant to adjournment. Mem-
bers all present.
On motion the following named persons
were selected to serve as Grand and Petit jur-
ors in place of those who were retired by the
Clerk OF the District Court, he having fled q
list OF the same with the Board of County
Commissioners stating the names Of those
who were retired by reason Of having served
as jurors at the last term of Court in Mower
county 10th judicial district.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-03

Austin furniture Co.. coffin. &C. pauper. s14 so
e. r. Mcbride, OIL court house .......... 200
D. TNbbs, work on bridge. :............ "a 90
dW Sherman. bridge material: o :.; 1888
Geo DBarnard. blanks for ofices.:::::: so
Peter Martin, supplies for pauper. 81 q
S1moth Bros.s 2 cof6ns. pauper..:......... "a 90
Harcar Lyons: election returns. Lansing 20
w F Cobb, medicine and attendance,pau
W Stanley i Son, medicine for paupers. 5 50
w Stanley & Son, medicine for paupers. Is 90
Austin Furniture Co. coffin, &C., pauper IL 90
Geo D. Barnard & Co., blanks. offices. 2 50
WI Cobb medical attendance, :7;5e,al.. 60 60
j NJ Greenman, telegraphing for county. 2 Is
Bill of Betsy Rordwel for board and lodg-
ing pauper.sl 50, was this day rejected.
On motion the following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That County road No. IL, be and
the same is hereby ordered opened on section
line running east and west between sections
Fl and q, in town of Nevada. Carried.
IS. B. Crane appeared before the Board ask
ing an abatement in taxes on Lots 4. 5 and 6,
block 20, railroad add. to Austin, except IS
feet north and south. by IS feet east and west
in southeast corner thereof. On motion COM
miss1oners Lockwood, Sweet and Christgau
were appointed to look into the matter and
report.
On motion the following resolution was
adopted:
he hereby is ordered to draw his warrant in
5 days. Carried.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-03

H. H., OIy <ts 1901
8 o'clock a. NJ, July 81, 1887.
Board met pursuant to adjournment. Men,
bers all present.
On motion, w. w. Sweet and John Beach
were appointed committee to confer with
the attorneys of Louis Bolsdorn, about a set
Element of tax claim against Bolsdorf.
Sheriff A. Mollison presented report Of all
delinquent taxpayers from whom he was un-
able to collect taxes, and on motion report
was accepted and ordered on file.
On motion, the following bills were allowed:
J TrowbridRe. work on bridge. Is
Geo D Barnard Co, blanks for Judge ~
Decker Lewis, goods house ........... S 70
On motion, w. w. Sweet, H. J. Lockwood
and F. Christaau were appointed a committee
to appraise the lands decided to County by
assignee of Mower County Bank, and negoti-
ate for sale of same. Carried.
On motion, the following bills were allowed:
A Sachsie, digging well for county,. IS Is
Olson, matrrass for pauper. ........ 1 90
Az Ellis, tree for n yard IS all'd at. 2 90
Nick Kolle. money paid for supplies.... SO
A 81 Hill, goods for G ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 10
Coloss Fenton. deputy sheriff fees and
urerV. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. Is So
On motion the County Auditor was ordered
to draw his warrant in favor of c. W. Stein
exc for amount of personal property tax
paid by him in town of Grand Meadow, as he
had already paid tax on same property in Viii
lage ofGrand Meadow
On motion the following bills were allowed:
II 0 BasfOrd, printing and stationery .$28 50
b Olson, washing for poor farm. :. 90
On motion, bids for bridges we're opened
and found to be as follows:
BID OF A. r. BAyNE.
For l30 foot iron span, Lyle bridge. $2,750
For It iron tubes, fl high DO >. 1900
Fer 60 # iron span, Turtle Creek. $40
For 3 It iron tubes, III # high, do . 800
, 1887-03-25

The ideal war C respondent must be a
man who has among other things tho gift
Of tongues. He must speak in addition
to the ordinary European languages some
Of the Asiatic, including Afghanistan,
and somo African, including Soudanese,
Ashantee, Abyssinian and Zulu. He
must have n lovely temper, amiable as a
woman and as affable as a candidate
who is canvassing for your vote, and at the
same time he must be big and ugly
enough to scare off whole armies. He must
be able to ride anything from a giraffe to
a rat, and DO able to sit in the saddle for
100 miles at a stretch, to go without eat
ing for q week, to write q good, legible
round hand SO the clerk at the telegraph
. alton can read it. He must write at the
rate Of a column an hour, and often
write eight columns and then gallop back
to the scene of action. He must be able
to tell every move that is going to be
made and scent a battle long before it
takes place, and her while it is raging
he must tell how it is going and what
will be the result long before it termin-
ates. All these accomplishments would
make a man an ideal correspondent, but
there never was such a man. julius
Caesar would have made a good one if
there had been such men in those days,
and Napoleon the First would have
eclipsed julius Caesar if he could have
learned to be truthful.-London Cor.
New York Mail and Express.
, 1887-03-25

OF course the %concourse of people at
tracts the professional amuser, a $ it would
with us. and the people crowd around the
snake charmers and conjurers and espe-
cially about the story tellers. The story
teller, as he walks up and down a good
deal and ~gesticulates much and violently,
needs room, so the crowd groups itself on
the side of the hill, making a natural
theater, in c%oncentric curves, of squatting
figures. l have ave seen such attention
as n of these story tellers was given.
His audience hung Oh his words. When
he suggested a pleasing scene, the white
teeth of the listeners all flashed out to-
gether; when he narrowed their feelings,
there was q universal scowling and muir
muir; and when finally he made a joke,
there was a spontaneous and delighted
roar of laughter. Sometimes he would
relapse into rude, at least rude sounding
verse, when he would beat q ~tambourine,
which served the double purpose of mark
ing the rhythm of the chant and attract
ing new hearers. The elimination of the
sport is on the birthday itself. Then
thousands of people gather at the Soho or
market place. This is an open space Of
some extent-the slope of the hill-at the
lower end of which is the city WALL
Tangier Cor. Boston Transcript.
, 1887-03-25

Just hero in the correction of a
certain error that has often been made
with regard to the Zoroastrian religion.
that is treating it as q dualistic religion.
Nothing was further from Zoroaster's
mind than to assume anything but one
supreme being, one and indivisible. But
that everlasting problem Of all thinking
minds, viz, the origin of evil and its in
compatibility with Gods goodness, holi-
ness and justice, he attempted to solve
by assuming two primeval causes which,
though different, were united, and pro-
duced tho world of the material things
as well as that of the spirit. The one
who produced the reality is called Vohn
Mano, the good mind; the other, through
whom the non-reality originated, is the
Akem Mano, the naught mind. To the
first belong all good, true and perfect
things; to the second all that is delusive,
bad, wicked. These two aboriginal
moving causes Of the universe are called
twins. They are spread everywhere, in
God as in men. 1t is only in later writ
ings that these two are supposed to be
opposed to each other, not within Ahura-
mazda, but without-to stand, in fact, in
the relation of God and devil to each
other. Boston Herald.
, 1887-03-25

l do not believe in bringing up the
young to know life, as it is said. Ishould
just as soon think Of bringing up a child
by cutting some of the cords of his body
and decorating his nerves and soaring
and %tattooing him and making an Indian
OF him outright as an element of beauty
as | should think Of developing his man
hood by bringing him up to SEQ life-to
see its abominable lusts, to see its hideous
in%carnations of wit, to see its Internal
w~ickedness, to see its extravagant and
degrading scenes, to see its miserable car
~nalities, to see its i~maginations set on fire
of hell, to see all those temptations and
delusions which lead to perdition. No
body gets over the sight of these things.
They who see them always carry scars.
They are burned. And though they live.
they live rs men that have been burned.
The scar remains .-Henry Ward Beecher
in New York World.